THE ROLE OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS IN CHINA´S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: PROMOTING REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION?

Zuzana Stuchlikova (), Dominik Proch (), Lukas Krupka () and Josef Bic ()
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Zuzana Stuchlikova: Prague University of Economics and Business
Dominik Proch: Prague University of Economics and Business
Lukas Krupka: Prague University of Economics and Business
Josef Bic: Prague University of Economics and Business

Medzinarodne vztahy (Journal of International Relations), 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, 5-30

Abstract: The paper focuses on free trade agreements in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that has been implemented by the Chinese government. The article deals only with one of the officially declared priorities of the Initiative – trade cooperation, with an emphasis on the current state of regional economic integration from a Chinese point of view. Attention is paid mainly to new free trade agreements that have been negotiated and concluded by the Chinese government after the BRI launch in 2013. Despite the value of China´s trade with BRI´s countries has been growing gradually, China´s FTA network has been expanding rather slowly after 2013.

Keywords: China; Belt and Road Initiative; international trade; regional economic integration; free trade agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O53 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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